Now, in stand alone mode I get the ioHD to input 24psf without problems, the reason I need exactly 24psf is that this system is integrated into a larger facility and the material we work here with comes from an HDCAM deck that is set to record and playback at 24psf, the house tri-level-sync is also 24psf...

Using the AJA ioHD Control Panel I have no trouble at all 'inputing' a 24psf signal into the ioHD.

It's in FCP 6 where I have trouble: there is no preset for 1080@24psf, only to 23.98psf and when I input the HDCAM signal in that setting it just gets digital 'garbage'...

The facility video engineer refuses to put the machine into 23.98psf mode (I know the machine can do that) and insists in working at 24psf...

Right now I'm downloading the latest drivers for AJA ioHD and the latest updates for FCP...

Will reinstall and look for specific settings for 24psf.

Meanwhile any ideas?

Sorry for the long post! And again thank you vey much guys: I'm very grateful for all yur feedback and your fast answers.

[Juanjo Mora]"The facility video engineer refuses to put the machine into 23.98psf mode (I know the machine can do that) and insists in working at 24psf... "

Okay I'm curious, these are genuine questions, why would anyone want to have the deck set like this? What would be the benefit of it? Would it not cause all sorts of problems for everyone down the road?

[Michael Sacci]"Okay I'm curious, these are genuine questions, why would anyone want to have the deck set like this? What would be the benefit of it? Would it not cause all sorts of problems for everyone down the road? "

Good Question Michael.

the 24.0 workflow has become increasingly rare- mainly due to one reason- it is impossible to monitor in SD in realtime ( SD is 29.97 and it would require a delay inaddition to adding pulldown to make it work)

24.0 is still common in scientific and speciality ( NASA works in round numbers to allow for easier sync with film captures.